The House of Chairs – Flo Langley

Fire bird wall hanging

Well thats what I am calling it! lol! This is a wall hanging I made for this weeks Just For Fun Challange. This weeks theme is focusing on material and/or fibres. It is the last in the materials themed challenges and what a great month it has been. I have really enjoyed joining in. For full details of the challenge, the super samples by the design team and the fab entries in the challenge, click on the JFF logo on the sidebar.

I am going to be honest, as we are all friends now, this is my second attempt at this weeks project. The first one, which I planned, drew out, cut out material for just wasn’t happening. So in the end I took my fabric and just splodged, stamped, placed material here and there and this is the result. I am quite pleased with it and it was a lot more fun not knowing how it was going to turn out.

The canvas was made from a piece of fabric cut from a denim shirt which I coated in gesso, stamped the birds and painted the leaves on using a mask. The red is fabric from an old scarf.

The flowers are made from fabric from an old top and the backing is a piece of leather cut from a panel of a skirt. I originally bought the skirt, from a charity shop, to make some leather boots for a rag doll I made. I have still got loads left over.

For the flowers and leaves I cut out wobbly flower shapes and leaf shapes and then blasted them, on the reverse of the fabric, with a heat gun to melt the synthetic fibres.

Oh, just one thing I wanted to share. A pyrography tool is really handy for melting the edges of fabric or cutting out shapes. I know it is an old technique but I just thought I would mention it. That very well known German supermarket some times have them on offer for very little money.

Love your waffling ! Fabulous piece and sounds like you had so much fun at the least the second time around, great recycling too ! Hope you have a great weekend, How is Freddty by the way fully recovered I hope.

Hi Marie. Enjoying the beach no doubt! Freddy has now got tooth ache! lol! He is vowing never to drink again! Yer right!. Thank you for stopping by and for your lovely comments. Have a great weekend.
Regards Florence x

At least four things have been recycled here – what an achievement! I love the flowers – they have turned out exquisite. I love the material with the firebird on too, fits in perfectly with the other fabrics you have used. Bet it looks great when hung on the wall. Hope you have somewhere nice to show it off.
Thank you for joining in the Challenge at JFF – always a pleasure to see what you have made. You excel at every one we do. Hugs, Neet x

Hi Neet. Always great to hear from you. I am pleased you like the fabric with the firebirds on. It is the gessoed denim which has been painted and stamped onto. Thank you for stopping by and for your lovely comments. They are always very much appreciated.
Regards Florence x

Beautifully done Florence 🙂 such wonderful colours and love the movement you have achived with the heat gun on the flowers .
Thank you for sharing your creation with us at just for fun .
I had quite forgot about useing a hot tool to cut the fabric 😉
Have a great weekend
Von x

Sploged stamped and placed material! Turned into a fantastic wall hanging love the fabrics used and the fact that they are recycled gets you bonus points all round. Thank you for creating this and sharing it with us at Just for Fun XOXO Zoe

This is beautiful, Florence! Thank you for visiting my blogs! I love your blog! You have a lot of creative ‘green’ ideas! I am always looking for new ideas to recycle. I have done many myself and will soon be revealing a new blog (again) dedicated to my redecorating/recycling endeavors. I will have a link posted on Soul Stampin soon! Can’t wait to have more time to peruse your blog.

Hi Nance. Great to hear from you. It is always lovely to meet new crafters. Looking forward to seeing more of your work in the future and your wonderful creations on your other blog Snap Scrap and Dazzle. Thank you for your visit and your very kind words.
Regards Florence.

Hi Chrissie. Thank you for your visit and your lovely comments they are really appreciated. Sorry you have been have difficulties leaving comments because it is always great to hear from you.
Regards Florence x

Hi Annette. Great to hear from you. Thank you for your visit and your lovely comments. I always enjoy visiting your blog and seeing your wonderful creations. Have a lovely week and I hope you are feeling better soon.
Regards Florence x

Hi Sally. Great to hear from you. Thank you for stopping by and for your lovely comments. I have now got my fingers crossed! lol! I have shrunk lambs wool jumbers for felting and they have turned out great. I do however use a lot of what I call ’80s woollen work skirts and they are fine as well. Let me know how you get on I am genuinely interested to see how things turn out and what you make.
Regards Florence x

Well it all came together mighty fine if you ask me. I never know what my things are going to look like when I start them, the ideas and developments happen – sometimes very slowly.
luv and hugs {brenda} xoxox

Hi Brenda. Great to hear from you again. Some times there can be a tendancy to over plan. Sometimes it is more fun just to see what happens and like you say let things develope. Thank you for stopping by and for your lovely comments. They are very much appreciated.
Regards Florence x

Hi XFlorence just getting round to visiting your lovely blog. What a stunning hanging, has a touch of the oriental about it. Funny you should say that about Lidls they are selling one of those wood burning thingies next week. X